Device for manipulating and disposing of sewage.



.PATENTED FEB. 28, 1905. F. P. SMITH.

DEVICE FOR. MANIPULATING AND DISPOSING 0F SEWAGE.

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No. 783,803. f PATENTBDFEB. 28, 1905. P. P. SMITH.

DEVICE FOR MANIPULATING AND DISPOSING OF SEWAGE.

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FRED l). SMl'll'l, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSlGNOR TO THE MUNICIPAL ENGINEERING COMPANY, Ol? NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORLION OF einnimmt SPECIFCAXUN forming part of Letters Patent No. 793,803, dated February 28, 1905.

Application filed March 21,1904:- Serial No. 199,300.

lle it known that l, Fu no P. SMITH, a citizen el: the United States, residing at New York city, in the county and State el' New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in `Devices Yfor hlanipulating and Disposing ot' Sewage, et' which the Vfollowing is a specilication.

The object of the invention is to produce a compact and substantial device tor manipulating' and disposing' ot' sewage wherein the supply pipes and vessels are centrally located to deliver to any number o't' septic and elarifying` tanks radiating therefrom the polluted liquid to be manipulated.

lhe accompanying drawings illustrate the invention, of whichm f Figure l represents a horizontal section oi.l

Vthe device, showing' the sewage receptacles or wells with the screens for carrying' oil the solid matter and channel surrounding them, with the septic and clarifying tanks radiating' from the channel; Fig. 2, a sectional'view ol the device, taken on line 2 2 of Fig. l; Fig. 3, a sectional view of the same, taken on line 3 3, Fig. l.; Fig. 4f, another section taken on line 4L et, Fig. l.

l represents a well into which Vflows the mixed solid and liquid from a sewer or other source of supply through a pipe or conduit 2. Utl 1er tanks, as 3 4t, are located adjacent thereto and are provided with valved opening's 5 6, through which the liquid passes into these tanks. lV hen these valves are opened, the liqu id remains practically level in all. Another sewage-supply pipe, 7, discharges into tanks 3 and et. The liquid rises in the tanks and llows through an opening or openings 8 in the wall el" the tanks 3 and 4C, lalling upon the lower end et a traveling screen 9, arranged below each ol? the openings to receive the mixed matter. '.lhe screens carry oti the more solid particles and allow the liquid and semiliquid to drop into a receptacle 10, located below the screen. Surrounding the tanks and receptacles is a channel or tunnel 1l. The wall oi.I this tunnel projects above the water-level, and as the water or liquid rises in tanks l() it Hows into the channel through the openings 12, leaving a space above thevliquid therein for the col lection ot gases. Rad iati ng Freni the channel as a central point are the septie-res ervoirs 13, into which the liquid is discharged through openings la. ln these tanks the anaerobic bacteria perform their work et' attacking the organic matter therein, and as the gases arise they escape back into the channel ll through the openings l .above the waterline, and `from thence they escape or are drawn oil by any suitable means -for the purpose. The means shown in the drawings consists ol a chimney 16, provided with an opening 17 into the channel ll. The channel is therefore a conduit 'for the conveyance of the liquid to the radiating septic-tanks and also a duct to carry oliA and convey the odors and gases escaping from the tank. Located within the septic-tanks are the vessels 18 'for recei ving' the clarilied septic l iquid from the septic-tanks, which enters these vessels at a point 19 between the top and bottom of the liquid sulliciently high to escape the solid matter at the bottom and low enough to avoid the scum on the top ot the liquid.

There may be any number of wells 3 and and any number oll screens upon which their contents are discharged, and thedcserii'ition el. the operations ol" these two will be suliicient. These wells may be cleaned out one or lnore at a time, allowing the others to continue at work. There are timeimat night, lor exan1- ple -when the supply ol sewage is diminished and the liquid in the well l low enough to allow either 3 or il to be emptied into it. The sewer-supply pipe 7, discharging' direct into tank 3, has a branch pipe 22, which discharges into well si. The main pipe is provided with a falve 23 and the branch pipe with a valve 24k. New in order to clean out well 3 the valve 23 is closed, preventing' the sewage 'from entering through pipe 7, the valve is open, allowing well l to discharge itselil into l if the liquid in well is low enough, and while the cleaning going' on the sewage is entering' well 4 through the branch 22. To clean out well fl, the branch pipe 22 is closed and the well is cleaned out while the sewage is entering well 3 through the main pipe 7.

The clarifying-tanks 18, which receive the liquid from the septic-tanks 13, discharge into a series of vessels 35, arranged around the circumference or outer rim of the septic and clarifying tanks, and from these Vessels may be conducted into the open air or to filteringbeds through pipe 36, if so desired.

One of the tanks 13 is cutoff at the end by a wall 42 and forms a room 43, which maybe entered at all times. In this room is located the valve 44 in the sewage-pipe 2, which passes through the room, by which the sewage may be turned off into pipe 45 when it is desired to stop for cleaning well 1 or for any purpose. The liquid from channel 11 enters tank 13, from which the room has been cut olf through a pipe 46, which runs through the room from the channel 11 to the septic-tank.

The apparatus shows a practical concentrated device through which septic matter may be passed, having a channel common to all the septic-tanks, which radiate from the channel as a central point, and makes use of this common channel as a means for carrying off the gases and foul odors from the tanks.

Ihat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In adevice for manipulating and disposing of sewage, a series of wells for receiving the crude sewage, a series of receptacles located in position to receive the overflow from the wells, and means for carrying off the solid matter from the sewage, and allowing the liquid matter to escape into the receptacles in combination with a channel, arranged around the receptacles provided with openings to receive the liquid matter from the receptacles, and openings to discharge the same and a series of septic-tanks arranged around the channel and radiating therefrom to receive thc liquid discharged from the channel.

2. In a device for manipulating and disposing of sewage, a series of wells for receiving the crude sewage, and a series of receptacles located in position to receive the overflow from the wells, in combination with a channel arranged around the receptacles to receive the overiiow therefrom,said channel provided with discharge -openings, a series of septic-tanks around the channel and radiating therefrom to receive the liquid discharged from the channel, openings into the channel above the water-line therein to receive and carry off the gases and foul odors arising from the septictanks and means for drawing off the gases and foul odors from the channel.

3. In a device for manipulating' and disposing of sewage a series of wells for receiving the. crude sewage and a series of receptacles to take the overflow from the wells, and means for closing off the supply of sewage to any of the wellsand allowing the same to flow into the others, in combination with a channel around the receptacles and wells, said channel provided with an infiow-opening from the receptacles and a space above the water-line therein to receive and carry off gases and foul odors, a series of septic-tanks radiating from the channel, and a series of clarifyingtanks provided with openings to receive the liquid from the tanks andmeans for carrying off the liquid from the clarifying-tanks.

In testimony whereof I, the said FRED P. SMITH, have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, this 1st day of March, 1904.

FRED P. SMITH.

Titnessesz P. J. McDoNALD, H. BRooKs PRICE. 

